Early festivities in New Orleans will be available down at Jackson Square. Live music and entertainment will be kicking off in the evening time. From there, the streets are likely to fill up quickly in advance of the dropping of the Baby Bacchus from the top of the Jax Brewery. At midnight, the celebration continues with an extravagant fireworks display right on the river. The area’s rules for last call will allow the celebration to go on nearly all night down on Bourbon Street.

The celebration in Jackson Square will include performances from Terrance Simien, the Zydeco Experience, James Andrews and the Crescent City All Stars to prepare the crowd for a night of celebration. Expect the celebration to be even more crowded than usual this year with the Sugar Bowl and National Championship taking place in New Orleans right after New Year’s Day.

Aside from the traditional New Year’s celebrations in Jackson Square and on Bourbon Street, many concert venues and clubs will offer individual events with great entertainment. Locations such as House of Blues, The Metropolitan and Irvin Mayfield’s will offer up a distinct opportunity to blend a New Year’s celebration along with a bevy of music performances and fun.

New Year’s Eve day will also offer some family friendly events in New Orleans. Locations such as the Audubon Zoo, The Aquarium of the Americas and the Louisiana Children’s Museum will hold activities and events open to the whole family.

The New Orleans area offers a supreme mixture of traditional New Year’s Eve celebrations along with the culture and background of the bayou. As previously mentioned, accommodations will be hard to come by at the last minute due to both bowl games taking place in the Super Dome this year. As the holiday season gets into full swing, be sure to make some great New Year’s plans in New Orleans this winter.

by Melinda Carter

Stupid Cancer Boot Camp | NOLA

Thursday, November 17 · 5:30pm - 10:00pm

Hilton New Orleans/St. Charles Avenue
333 Saint Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130

Stupid Cancer Boot Camps are community-focused educational and advocacy training workships as well as social networking support events for young adults affected by all cancers, as well as for their caregivers and providers.

Young adults (15-39) are an orphaned generation whose support needs are continually underserved. Stupid Cancer Boot Camps bring together the region’s foremost experts to discuss our most relevant issues. Join us and help your local young adult cancer community get educated, empowered and united as one in the fight against stupid cancer!

Official Website:
http://bootcamp.stupidcancer.com/2011/nola/

Ticket prices range from $20-$125. Season ticket buyers save up to 20 percent off the single ticket price by purchasing a season ticket package.

Slidell, LA, December 2, 2010: Sharon Sandifer, M.Ed., CEO/Co-Founder of kiisa corporation announced this week that kiisa will launch four new workplace and community development curriculums in January 2011.

“Currently, we are finalizing the development of these curriculums and will begin offering them in St. Tammany Parish in 2011,” stated David Kiviaho, VP/Co-Founder of kiisa corporation. “Courses will be offered in the community and at the Southeastern Louisiana University’s Division of Extended Studies, Silver Force, and the Career Enrichment Program with curriculum’s to include; Professional Development, Advanced Customer Service Relations, Grantwriting, and an innovative Business Management Course targeting mid-to-high level business executives,” said Kiviaho. “These courses are also available to private business and may be tailored to fit individual corporate needs,” he added.

“We are working closely with Stella Helluin, Director and Cheri Carter, Assistant Director of the St. Tammany Center as well as Charlotte Collins, Program Director with the Southeastern Louisiana University ’s Career Enrichment Program. Many of these courses will continue to expand to both small and large business throughout the Southeast Region of the United States,” stated Sandifer. “It is our ultimate goal to provide workplace development courses that are not only state of the art in their educational value, but are also interactive and creative as well. We live in a business climate captivated by economic and workplace change. kiisa intends to provide curriculums which wholly address these issues,” she added.

The current schedule and costs of kiisa corporation’s workplace and community development courses are listed below. For more information contact David Kiviaho, david@kiisacorporation.com, or visit www.kiisacorporation.com or http://www.selu.edu/acad_research/programs/es/.

Professional Development-January 20, 2011 & March 22, 2011—St. Tammany Center – $90.00
Grantsmanship: Basics and Beyond-February 15, 17, 2011 & April 4, 7, 2011— St. Tammany Center – $165
Business Enterprise Management-March 24, 29, 31, 2011—St. Tammany Center – $265
Advanced Customer Service-Dates to be Announced

SAVE OUR LAKE & COAST FUNDRAISER:
“LET’S MAKE WAVES” PARTY & SILENT AUCTION

Northshore “Let’s Make Waves” Patron Party

The Annual Northshore “Let’s Make Waves” Patron Party will be held on Friday, November 5, 2010, at the Pontchartrain Yacht Club in Mandeville. We are excited to announce

Chef John Besh is this year’s Honorary Chairman.  The nautical-themed party is a fun-filled night of music, dancing, wonderful food provided by local restaurants including Besh’s famous restaurants Luke & La Provence, cocktails and an awesome silent auction!

Chef Besh will be signing his cookbook from 7:30 PM – 8:15 PM that night!

Registration info here

More details below.

All hands on deck! It’s time to jump on board with the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation (LPBF) for the 18th Annual Save Our Lake & Coast “Let’s Make Waves” Party and Silent Auction. LPBF is thrilled to announce Chef John Besh as this year’s Honorary Chair. Join us on Friday, November 5, 2010 from 7:00-10:00 PM at the Pontchartrain Yacht Club in Mandeville for a fun-filled night of music, dancing, wonderful food provided by local restaurants – including Besh’s acclaimed restaurants Luke & La Provence – cocktails and an awesome silent auction. So put on your best nautical attire and come ready to dance to the music provided by Overboard.

Sheila Ehren Englert, LPBF’s Development and Outreach Director said, our auction chairs, Marilyn Mislove and Linda Colombo have secured some really fun and unique items.” She promises, “We have such a variety that there will be something of interest for everyone to bid on.” Some of the items include: a 4-day cruise, a Saints football signed by Drew Brees, hotel stays, a tree house bed and breakfast, a specialized barbecue grill, artwork, jewelry, and even a puppy!

Englert added, “There are many ways for citizens and businesses to support the “Let’s Make Waves” Party. Sponsorship packets are available from $250 to $2,500, which include tickets to the party and recognition in the event program, at the event, and on LPBF’s website. Individual tickets are available for $50 in advance and $60 at the door.”

Those purchasing tickets to the party will also receive a print of Goose Point by local artist Emery Clark. Clark uses the vocabulary of landscape and seascape as a celebration of nature, to create a sense of peace and as an acknowledgement of the need to revere and preserve our environment. This nationally recognized artist has donated 100% of the proceeds of these prints of Lake Pontchartrain marshland to support the efforts of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation in protecting our fragile ecosystem.

Please contact the Foundation at (504) 836-2205 for sponsorship information, to donate an item for the auction or to purchase tickets. All proceeds from the party will help to continue efforts to restore and preserve the Pontchartrain Basin. For more information on the “Let’s Make Waves” Party and LPBF programs, please visit www.saveourlake.org.

Food & Beverage Donors
Abita Springs Café
Beam Global Wine & Spirits
Benedict’s Plantation
The Broken Egg Café
Carreta’s Grill
Catering by Don
Champagne Beverage
CheeseSteak Bistro
Coffee Rani
Friends Coastal Restaurant
Honey Baked Ham
Jubilee Foods
Kentwood Springs Water
The Lake House at B’s
La Provence
Louisiana Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Lüke
N.O. Brew
Northshore Seafood & Produce
N’tini’s
Pelican Market Café
Saia’s Super Meat Market
Sweet Daddy’s Barbeque Restaurant
VooDoo BBQ
Whole Foods Market
Zea Rotisserie & Grill

Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation’s Mission
As the public’s independent voice, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation is dedicated to restoring and preserving the water quality, coast, and habitats of the entire Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Through coordination of restoration activities, education, advocacy, monitoring of the regulatory process, and citizen action, LPBF works in partnership with all segments of the community to reclaim the Basin for this and future generations.

For more information, please contact Sheila Ehren Englert, Development & Outreach Director at sheila@saveourlake.org or (504) 836-2205.

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“Move Over Television, Marketing is Moving to Your Phone.”

SPEAKER: Neel Sus, CEO, Susco Solutions & Touch Studios

DESCRIPTION: Considering that most people would rather lose their wallet than misplace their cell phone, it’s fitting that the mobile world is quickly becoming a new hub for business. For many of us, our cell phone never leaves our side. It holds a place at the dinner table, is easily accessible in your bag’s front pocket, and often, somehow it even manages to end up sharing your pillow at night. Busy schedules mean people are often on the move and when marketers and companies can’t reach consumers at their computers, on TV, before the previews at the movies, with billboards, or magazine and newspaper ads, they must feel assured that they can still reach them on their cell phones.

To RSVP, register here or go to our blog at www.amaneworleans.com and find the link on the events page.

For those that do not RSVP, a $5 surcharge will be added to the event price at the door.

When:  Thursday, November 04, 2010  11:30 AM  -1:15 PM

Where:  N’Tini’s, 2891 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, LA 70471

FEE - Luncheon registration

Member rate (registree or guest):  $30.00

Non-member rate (Registree or guest): $35.00

Sponsor rate: Complimentary

Student Member rate: $25.00

View Speaker Bio/Event Summary

View Event Agenda

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Together the New Orleans AMA, Women in Media, Public Relations Association
of Louisiana, Public Relations Society of America, International Association
of Business Communicators, New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors
Bureau, Idea Village, Louisiana Society of Hospital Public Relations and
Marketing, Business Council of New Orleans and the River Region and the
Association of Fundraising Professionals invite you to join us for a special
luncheon on October 21.

TITLE: Delivering Happiness and Creating an Enduring Brand

SPEAKER: Tony Hsieh, Zappos.com

DESCRIPTION: Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh will discuss the different ingredients
used by Zappos to build a long-lasting brand, including the importance of
customer service and company culture. Tony will explain how focusing on
delivering happiness to customers and employees has enabled the company to
expand beyond selling shoes to clothing, bags, and other product categories,
in the process creating tremendous brand loyalty.

Active AMA members are invited to stay after the presentation for a round
table discussion with Tony Hsieh. If you need to check to make sure your
membership is current, please email bethann.brannon@gmail.com.

We anticipate this event to sell out so please register by October 18th,
there will be no walkup seats available.

RSVP: You may reply using these methods:
1. Hit the “YES” button at the end of this email to register immediately.
2. Go to www.cvent.com and enter the event code to this event –
6ZNULG2K9RN.
3. Go to www.amaneworleans.com and find the link on the events page.

Please press Yes or No to keep from receiving reminders for this event.

If you have relocated or have new contact information, please e-mail it to
VP of Technology, Christine Foster, at cfoster@ebsbiowizard.com

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Patron Party 7 – 8 p.m.
Special Pink Cosmos, Open Bar
Passed Hors D’oeuvres, Celebrity Waiters

Fling Event 8 – 11 p.m.
Gourmet Dinner Buffet
Delectable Desserts
Silent Auction & Raffles
Open Bar

Featuring
Dance Band ~ Harvey Jesus & Fire
at
The Foundry
333 Saint Joseph Street
New Orleans Warehouse District

What to Wear:
Hollywood Chic – Upscale Casual
with a Touch of Pink!

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Fling Co-Chairs
Jane Goldring
Linda Vining

Fling Board Coordinator & Chairman Emeritus
Andree Herrington

No tickets will be mailed ~
All tickets held at Will Call

Sponsorships Available.

PATRON Ticket – $125
includes one ticket to 7pm Patron Party and one ticket to 8pm Fling

FLING Ticket – $75
includes one ticket to 8pm Fling

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To charge your Sponsorship
or to purchase Patron or Fling Tickets
or to purchase Raffle Tickets,
on your credit card,
call CAGNO
at (504) 733-5539.

For more information:
email pinkribbonfling@aol.com;
Call Maria at (985) 893-4060 or (504) 669-5331;
or Dale at (985) 951-9281
Louisiana Breast Cancer Task Force
P.O. Box 8826, Metairie, LA 70011

Bid by Mail on Special Auction Items & Purchase Raffle Tickets ~

BID BY MAIL ON

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS!!!!

AUCTION Item 501

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints

at Tampa Bay

Sunday, October, 17 2010, at 1:00 PM
Two nights stay at a Tampa hotel,
2 Club Level 50-yard line tickets, 1 parking pass,
PLUS 2 pre-game field passes

Minimum Bid – $700.

SILENT AUCTION BID – Place your completed bid in a
separate sealed envelope labeled “501″
and mail it to the Task Force at
PO Box 8826,
Metairie, LA 70011.

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AUCTION Item 502

New Orleans Saints vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
at New Orleans
Sunday, January 2, 2011, at 1:00 PM

in the Superdome

2 sideline game tickets
PLUS 2 pre-game field passes

Minimum Bid – $500.

SILENT AUCTION BID – Place your completed bid in a
separate sealed envelope labeled “502″
and mail it to the Task Force at
PO Box 8826,
Metairie, LA 70011.

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PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKETS !!!!!

New Orleans SAINTS vs. Atlanta FALCONS

TW0 50-yard line tickets to SAINTS Home Game on September 26, 2010, at 1pm,
a Parking Pass in the Superdome
& Passes to the Clubhouse.

Winner need not be present to win!
Drawing will be held at the Fling on July 31, 2010.

Charge tickets to your credit card by calling
CAGNO (504) 669-5331, or
mail a check to the Task Force,
PO Box 8826, Metairie, LA 70011.

• 1 raffle ticket -$10
• 3 raffle tickets -$20
• 9 raffle tickets -$50
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Thank You for your support of the Pink Ribbon Fling!

 Louisiana Economic Development is scheduled to host a free business incentives workshop Tuesday, June 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Workshops are open to small business owners, certified public accountants, bankers and potential business owners interested in learning how to take advantage of the state’s financial incentives provided through LED.

Workshop participants will find out about program rules and application processes for: Enterprise Zone, Industrial Tax Exemption, Research and Development, Restoration Tax Abatement, Small Business Loan Guaranty, Technology Commercialization and Quality Jobs.

The workshop is scheduled to be held at the LASERS Building, Fourth Floor, 8401 United Plaza Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70809. LED workshop partners include the Louisiana Department of Revenue and Louisiana Workforce Commission.

Certified public accountants can also earn Continuing Professional Education credits for attending the workshop.

Registration is not required. For more information, contact Marylyn Friedkin, 225.342.9228 or Marylyn.Friedkin@la.gov.